Priest Runs Red Gauntlet of Fire. Shot At Throughout 200-Yard Dash. Tienshui, China
Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 28 January 1937 · page 19
Father Florentius Hammerio, of the German Capuchin Fathers staffing the Vicariate of Tsinchow, Kansu, had a narrow escape when Reds surrounded…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Town Swept by Fire. 11 HOMELESS. Shops and Hotel Destroyed. No Water Available. Melbourne
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 28 January 1937 · page 11
About 11 residents of Boollarra, a small township near Morwell, are homeless as a result of a fire which destroyed half the buildings in the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Flood and Fire. Devastation in U.S.A. Towns Disappear. 150 Killed; 550,000 Homeless. New York, Jan. 27
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 28 January 1937 · page 11
Floods in the southern and middle-western States have caused, devastation unparalleled in the history of the United States, and warnings are…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Fire in City
The Sun · Friday 29 January 1937 · page 1
Damage estimated at £100 was done to the premises of Halliday Bros., engineers, in Erskine-street, city, last night, when a spark from…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Encircled by Fire
The Daily Telegraph · Friday 29 January 1937 · page 7
GRAFTON, Thursday.--Almost surrounded by a wall of flames when £250 worth of dry fishing nets ignited without warning, Reginald Bullivant…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Well-known Homestead. Goodar Destroyed by Fire. Goondiwindi
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 January 1937 · page 9
Goodar station homestead, on one ot the best-known cattle properties in the Goondiwindi district, was burnt to the ground about 10 o'clock last night. Nobody was present…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Bookies And Punters Bet And Sweat Around Fire In Midsummer
Smith's Weekly · Saturday 30 January 1937 · page 3
EVERY Saturday afternoon about 400 men stand or sit round a mighty blazing brazier in a billiard saloon in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Deadly Fire Peril Threatens Flooded Cities Blanket Of Gas Over Waters Spark May Start Conflagration Millions Of Gallons Of Petrol Add To Danger New York
Truth · Sunday 31 January 1937 · page 14
TO add to the distress of the flooded States along the Mississippi, cities from Cincinnatti, south along the river, are now threatened with the imminent danger of fire…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Sprinklers Restrict Fire
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 February 1937 · page 3
Sprinklers prevented spread of a fire which broke out in David Jones' factory in Marlborough-street. Surr[?] Hills, yesterday afternoon. Firemen from headquarters,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Inquiry Into Fire. Moree
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 February 1937 · page 7
The district coroner (Mr. W. A. Cole) held an inquiry into the circumstances of the fire which destroyed the storeroom at the Moree railway locomotive depot on January 14…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →13 Lives Forfeit to Soviet Executed By Machine Gun Fire MOSCOW
The Sun · Monday 1 February 1937 · page 3
The appeals of the 13 men condemned at the Soviet treason trials have been rejected by the Soviet Central Committee…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Enemy" Lands Under Fire Realistic Manoeuvres at Jervis Bay Jervis Bay
The Sun · Monday 1 February 1937 · page 2
AT the first streak of dawn to-day, hundreds of soldiers tumbled out of boats on the shores of Jervis Bay. They raced over the narrow beach, braving a drenching hail from the machine guns of the defenders. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ships Career of Misfortune. Fire in Hold. Battle With Ice Floes. MELBOURNE
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 February 1937 · page 11
So many misfortunes have befallen the steamer Welcombe (5122 tons) that some members of the crew are beginning to wonder whether there is a "Jonah" on board Shortly…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Fire in Cargo. British Ship in Distress. Cuiter Speeding to Aid. Los Angeles, Jan. 31
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 February 1937 · page 10
The coastguard service reported that the British motor ship Inverbank is in distre[?], fighting fire in the cargo, approximately 1300 miles due south of Hawa[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Fire at Historic Residence
The Labor Daily · Wednesday 3 February 1937 · page 8
Fire brigades from Headquarters and Darlinghurst were called to a fire in a quantity of rubbish at Grantham, one of Sydney's [?] homes…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Protection in Fire-fighting Richardson On Merit Of Helmets
The Sun · Wednesday 3 February 1937 · page 16
Whether the fireman's helmet had any practical use in preventing fatalities amongst firemen engaged in extinguishing big city fires was…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Men Dash to Safety Crude Oil Fire In Workshop
The Sun · Wednesday 3 February 1937 · page 18
Employees had to dash for safety to-day when about 40 gallons of crude oil in a barrel burst into flame at the premises of W. H. Plumb, tool…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Bush Fire Brigades Some Sound Advice
Nepean Times · Thursday 4 February 1937 · page 8
In the Journal of the Wild Life Preservation Society of Australia, Mr David G. Stead, hon. secretary and editor of the journal, has a splendid article on…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fought Blaze From Roof-top
The Labor Daily · Thursday 4 February 1937 · page 1
FIREMEN climbed 40 feet with two lines of hose to the roof to combat a blaze which damaged the rear portion of the wood and iron building…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire!
The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 4 February 1937 · page 3
A kitchen wall in the residence of Mr. J. Hirst, of Water-street, Auburn, was destroyed when a fire broke out in the kitchen last week. The cause…
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